Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said childhood cancers are going to be sponsored by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
Speaking today, August 25, 2022 at the first Biennial Joint Session of the East, West and Mid Ghana Conferences of the Western West Africa Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central Region, Dr Bawumia disclosed.
The vice president during his speech at the event announced the policy.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the NHIA is going to cover childhood cancers for the first time.
The ‘major policy’ according to Ghana’s vice president, will save and help so many families in the country.
Hydroxyurea is an effective drug for sickle cell sufferers.
According to him, due to how expensive the drug (hydroxyurea) is, the government had to really think about it and just to help people, the NHIA is now covering the cost of hydroxyurea for sickle cell sufferers in Ghana.
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